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If a fellow wants to be nobody in the business world, let him neglect sending the mailman to somebody on his behalf.
Charles Kettering
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Charles Kettering
Age: 82 †
Born: 1876
Born: August 29
Died: 1958
Died: November 25
Engineer
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Charles Franklin Kettering
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Mailman
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